In the 1900s signage became very poplar. Advertising their establishments, signs were made in many different shapes and sizes. In the early 1920s through the 1950s sign painters were nicknamed “Wall Dogs”. They traveled across America, painting directly on brick buildings and wood barns. Painting large pictures and letters with lead base paint. The signs were high and visible. Today you may see a fading, peeling image, they are called “ghost signs”. The images are “ghostly”. (Read more...)